Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-09


ternoon, President Breed in the chair,
and Councilmen Jones. Goss, Willard,
Collins, Perry, Lowell, Gibbs, Hitler,
Kuhrts, Hyans, Teed and Stearns pres
ent.
After the reading and adoption OF
the minutes the following business was
transacted:
OFFICERS REPORTS.
The Auditor presented list OF the
amounts remaining in the various
funds on August 9th. Referred to FL
nance Committee.
Mayor Workman sent in message
stating that he would leave the city on
the 10th, and be gone between two and
three weeks. Hon. L. N. Breed will
act as Mayor during his absence. Re-
ceived and filed.
The Superintendent of Streets re-
ported expenditures Of 1924 during the
week. Referred to Finance Commit
tee.
The Zanjero reported expenditures
of $16O during the week. Referred to
the Finance Committee.
The Health Officer reported AZ deaths
during July, as follows: Typhoid fe-
yer, q; typho-malarial fever, 2; con-
sumption, IL cancer, 5 heart disease,
1; apoplexy, L; inanition, 2; prema-
ture births, 2; old age, L; meningitis,
1; puerperal fever, l; other causes,
Is. OF these, Z were under one year
Of age; between 5 and To-; 3 between
10 and 20; IS between 20 and 40; II
between 40 and 60; 5 between 60 and
80, and between so and 90. There
were "a males and % females. Six
were natives of Los Angeles, of Cali
fornia, "a of other States, IL foreign
and 2 Chinese. Five of the consump-
tiyes were in the State less than one
month. Estimated population, 60, 900.
Received and flied.
Freeman G. Teed, clerk of the coun-
Gil, reported that he had compiled and
indexed the ordinances of the city
from the date of the issue of the COM
pilation of w. w. Robinson to the
present time. 1t had been necessary
for him to do the greater part of the
work out of office hours, coming as ii
did in the busiest part of the year and
he therefore asked indulgence for any
errors or inaccuracies which may have
crept in, although he believed it to be
as near correct as such compilations
usually are. Received and filed.
The recommendation of the Finance
Committee that Sam Prayer be al
lowed $50 extra compensation laid
over from last week was adopted.
The bond of w. G. Furrey and con-
tract with him to supply sewer pipe
were approved and adopted.
A communication was received from
the Board of Trade asking for site for
a branch home for disabled soldiers
Referred to the City Attorney to ascer-
tain the power of the Council in the
premises. =-..,.
PUBLIC Work..
The Board of Public Works reported as fol-
lows:
ON petition of Catherine Ingham ct al. TO
have grade of Court House street, between
Beaudry avenue and Figueroa street, estsb-
lished, recommended that the City Surveyor
be instructed to establish the same. Adopted.
On petition of ]. w. Ellis, asking permis-
sion to remove gravel in front of Mrs. Ban
the same be denied. Denied.
On verbal petition of F. G. Waller, asking
permission to put in a filter at Plaza park,
using portion of the sidewalk for not more
than three weeks, recommended that the
same be granted. Granted.
On petition of Milton Thomas ct al. to have
Grand avenue graded between Eighth and
Jefferson, recommended that the bid OF A.
Dallas, at $1.25 per foot on each side, be ac-
cepted. Adopted. a
On petition of Jno. F. Yoakum, to have
Griffin avenue graded between Mission road
and Pasadena avenue, recommended that
the same be granted and the City Attorney
be instructed to draft a resolution to have
the same graded. Also recommended that
the same street be grayeled with coarse
gravel from the Los Angeles river Adopted.
On petition of T. f. Ebert ct al, to have
DAILY street, between Downey avenue and
Hof street, graded, recommended the same
to be granted, and also that the remainder
of DAILY street, between Hof and Grandin
streets, be graded, and the City Attorney be
instructed to draft resolutions to have said
street graded between Downey avenue and
Grandin street. Adopted.
On petition of James P. Warde ct al. to
have houses on Wall street numbered, recon-
mended the same to be referred TO the City
Surveyor. Adopted.
On petition of Mr.. Saunders and others to
have Mayo street opened from Main to Ala
media, recommended that the City surveyor
define the line of said street as petitioned
for. Adopted.
Recommended that the City Surveyor be
ordered TO set stakes for the widening of
First street to eighty feet, ten feet off from
each side between Alameda street and the
Los Angeles river, and request property
owners to remove distractions accordingly.
On petition of John Bryson ct al to have
flower street graded between Tenth and
Twelfth streets, recommended that the same
be granted and the City Attorney be instruct
ed to draft resolutions to have same graded.
Adopted.
On petition of w. A. Stratton ct al to have
Bellevue avenue from Montreal to Beaudry
avenue graded, recommended that the same
be granted and the City Attorney be in
graded Adopted. To .ylEGli. 'I 3
On petition of Howard w. Mills ct al. to
have winston street grade established be-
tween Wall street and Los Angeles street. re-
commended that the City Surveyor be in
structed to establish the grade between Main
street and San Pedro streets on said stree I
on petition of Joseph Mullally asking 10
excavate sidewalk SO as 10 admit light into
his cellar, recommended same be granted
Granted. ,zg.f ROD
widening of Seventh street, recommended
the same be referred to the City Attorney
Adopted.
on Petition of Schallert and Ganahl te
grade the intersection of Rose and Second
streets, recommended the same be referred
to the City Surveyor. Adopted. a.
On petition of J. W. Cook and Ellen De
vine to have Ninth street graded west o
Union avenue, a distance of 500 feet, re
commended that the Clerk be instructed t,
readyertise for the grading of Ninth street
Adopted .LIr, 4.
On petition of E. K Green aud Mrs. c
Fitzgerald asking for go days. extension OF
grading Ninth, on account OF building re
tanning wall, recommended the same b
granted. Adopted.
On petition Of Melville Dozier ct al. I,
have Eleventh street graded between Pear
and Nevada streets, recommended the sam'
be granted and that the City Attorney be in
structed to draft resolution accordingly
Adopted.
on petition of Mrs Doria Jones, ct al, I,
have the Electric Railroad poles removed
from PicO street, recommended that tn,
Electric Railroad Company be ordered to re
move their poles from the roadway, to in
side of curb line of said street at once, pro
vided the Company sign an agreement an'
give bond of $4,000 to remove said pole
from sidewalk within one year, and us